Sidesplitting Anecdotes:Virus and the Waiter

This one happened during the Trivandrum leg of The Great Kerala Tour. We went to Hotel Highland for dinner. Me, VVS and Vaas teamed up with the intent to eat Non-Veg food. Left alone, Virus ordered three Kerala Parathas and one Dum-Aloo-Kashmiri. The waiter remarked, "നിന്‍റെ സൈസ് കണ്ടിട്ട് മൂന്നു പൊറോട്ട കഴിക്കുമെന്ന് തോന്നുന്നില്ല. I will bring two and if you are able to finish it off, I will bring the third Paratha ".

Virus was all fired up on hearing this seemingly innocuous challenge put forth by the waiter. How dare he underestimates me? I can finish four Parathas easily. This is an insult. With hurt pride, he declared: ഇന്നു മൂന്നു പോറോട്ടയെങ്ങിലും കഴിച്ചിട്ടേ ഇവിടെ നിന്നെറങ്ങുന്നുള്ളൂ!

Guess what happened by the time Virus finished two? He was too full for a third and even with we guys helping him, half of the side dish was left uneaten! Virus failed miserably to the challenge put forward by the waiter. Guess what he told us when we pressurized him to order more Porottas - "Instead of wasting another ten bucks on a paratha, I will try to save 20 bucks worth of Dum-Aloo-Kashmiri" and he resigned himself to eating the side-dish!

The next day, it was Sabareesh's treat at Hotel Sindhoor. Virus set a new record. This time round, he could finish just one!

PS: Virus is a product of mere fiction. Any similarity to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.